James Hilton Sells 53,038 Shares of Hays plc (LON:HAS) Stock

Hays plc (LON:HAS) insider James Hilton sold 53,038 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 88 ($1.15), for a total transaction of £46,673.44 ($61,082.89).

Hays Stock Performance

LON HAS opened at GBX 84.80 ($1.11) on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 1,905.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 1.13. The company has a current ratio of 1.32, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.81. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 91.80 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 95.30. Hays plc has a 1 year low of GBX 84 ($1.10) and a 1 year high of GBX 111.90 ($1.46).

Hays Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, November 25th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 17th will be issued a GBX 2.05 ($0.03) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 2.16%. This is a boost from Hays’s previous dividend of $0.95. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 17th.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Royal Bank of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and issued a GBX 125 ($1.64) price objective on shares of Hays in a report on Friday, August 23rd. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 115 ($1.51) price target on shares of Hays in a research report on Tuesday, September 3rd.

About Hays

Hays plc engages in the provision of recruitment services in Australia, New Zealand, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and internationally. The company provides qualified, professional, and skilled recruitment in permanent, temporary, and contractor formats to public and private sectors. It offers its recruitment services in the specialisms, such as accountancy and finance, banking and capital markets, construction and property, contact centers, education, energy, oil and gas, engineering and manufacturing, executive, financial services, health and social care, human resources, legal, life sciences, office support, procurement, resources and mining, retail, sales and marketing, sustainability, technology, and telecoms.